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Random Acts of Kindness: The Travel Edition
Traveling during the holidays is not always smooth sailing. Everyone else is traveling, too. Lines are long, days can be longer. Family relations may be stretched to their limit. And the people who work for the travel businesses and services during this often-stressful time of year may receive the brunt of travelers’ short tempers. Something…
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Trinity Church ~ A Back Bay Treasure
While my son was visiting colleges in the Boston area, I took some time to explore the Back Bay area. Wonderful shops, dining, and history; a mix of old and new. Trinity Church is one of the old treasures of the Back Bay. On a quiet weekday afternoon, I took a self-guided tour of this…
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Four Score and Seven Years Ago – Now You Say It
The short, succinct speech that opened with the words “four score and seven years ago” celebrated its 150th anniversary today. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is a remarkable oratory work. The speech took place at the dedication of the “Soldiers’ National Cemetery” in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863. I feel that it would be a…
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The Swinging Bridge Swings Again
I stood looking at the diverging river from the revived swinging bridge at Jay Cooke State Park and was reminded of Robert Frost’s famous poem, The Road Not Taken: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both . . . In typical fashion, I got a late start and…
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The Desperation of the Daily NaBloPoMo Post
I am swamped at work. My house has decorative piles of laundry and magazines gracing multiple rooms. Dust on the furniture is waiting hopefully for someone to draw the next masterpiece, like an etch-a-sketch on a coffee table top. So what do I do instead today? Go hiking at nearby Jay Cooke State Park and…
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